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Movie 43 is a 2013 American independent anthology black comedy film co-directed and produced by Peter Farrelly, and written by Steve Baker, Rocky Russo, and Jeremy Sosenko among others. The film features fourteen different storylines, each one done by a different director, including Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff,James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Will Graham, and Jonathan van Tulleken. It stars one of the biggest ensemble casts ever in film,[4] including Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, Anna Faris, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Seann William Scott, Emma Stone, and Kate Winslet among others.
The film took almost a decade to get into production as most studios outright rejected the script, which was eventually picked up by Relativity Media for $6 million. The film was shot over a period of several years, as casting also proved to be a challenge for the producers. Some actors, like George Clooney, immediately declined to take part, while others, like Richard Gere, attempted to get out of the project.
The film was released on January 25, 2013. The film has been universally panned by critics, with the Chicago Sun-Times calling it "the Citizen Kane of awful",[5] and many others referring to it as one of the worst films ever made.
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Directed by | Peter Farrelly Elizabeth Banks Steven Brill Steve Carr Rusty Cundieff James Duffy Griffin Dunne Patrik Forsberg James Gunn Bob Odenkirk Brett Ratner Will Graham Jonathan van Tulleken |
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Produced by | Charles B. Wessler Peter Farrelly Ryan Kavanaugh John Penotti |
Written by | Steve Baker Will Carlough Tobias Carlson Jacob Fleisher Patrik Forsberg Will Graham James Gunn Claes Kjellstrom Jack Kukoda Bill O'Malley Matthew Alec Portenoy Greg Pritikin Rocky Russo Olle Sarri Elizabeth Wright Shapiro Jeremy Sosenko Jonathan van Tulleken Jonas Wittenmark[1] |
Starring | See cast |
Music by | William Goodrum |
Cinematography | Frank G. DeMarco Steve Gainer William Rexer Tim Suhrstedt |
Editing by | Debra Chiate Jon Corn Patrick J. Don Vito James Duffy Craig Herring Jason Macdonald Sam Seig Cara Silverman Sandy S. Solowitz Håkan Wärn Paul Zucker |
Studio | Virgin Produced GreeneStreet Films Inc. Wessler Entertainment Witness Protection Films |
Distributed by | Relativity Media |
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Running time | 94 minutes(US)[citation needed] 90 minutes (UK)[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million[3] |
Box office | $22,681,463[3] |
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